This week for BuzzFeed News, Tim Murphy visits the Pacific Northwest, where new communities made up of tiny homes are providing some with an alternative to homelessness. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

This week for BuzzFeed News, Elise Jordan goes back to her hometown Mississippi to visit the world’s most notorious Elvis shrine. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

A housewife who became the first woman to fly around the world. The boxer who integrated Louisiana. A deep-dive into the 60-word basis for the war on terror and an exploration of whether elementary schoolers should be locked up for plotting to kill their classmates. A debauched week in the world’s largest retirement community, a weekend at a clown convention, and 36 hours on the fake campaign trail with Donald Trump. Here’s a look back at some of the great feature stories BuzzFeed News published in 2014.

This week for BuzzFeed News, Katie Heaney shadows a group of mortuary science students and contemplates the uncertain future of the death industry. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

This week for BuzzFeed News, Sandra Allen explains why when it comes to climate change and agriculture, fine wine is the canary in the coal mine. Read that and these other stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

This week for BuzzFeed features, Mary Cuddehe travels to Mexico to find out how concerned we should be about radioactive materials falling into the wrong hands. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

This week for BuzzFeed News, Amanda Chicago Lewis reports on the inmates who are the front line in California’s battle against wildfires. Read that and these other stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

This week for BuzzFeed News, David Peisner tells the heartbreaking story of a mother’s 19-year struggle to recover her kidnapped daughter. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the net.

This week, Dan Nosowitz traces the history of the company — Madewell — that his great-grandfather founded, and that J. Crew now profits from. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

This week for BuzzFeed Features, Katie J.M. Baker tells the strange story of a Texas woman who for 20 years tricked families, employers and high schools into thinking she was a helpless teenager. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

This week for BuzzFeed, Soraya Roberts tells the true story behind Flashdance — and asks whether those who inspired it deserve more. Read that and these other great stories from around BuzzFeed and the web.

This week for BuzzReads, Peter Andrey Smith tells the story of a girl who survived a brain-eating amoeba attack — against all odds. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

This week for BuzzReads, Julie Ruvolo explains how Brazil became the social media capital of the world — and the effect this has on that society. Read that and these other great stories from around BuzzFeed and the web.

This week for BuzzReads, Max Blau profiles retired NBA great Dikembe Mutumbo and Ken Bensinger investigates the man who made soccer big in America. Read those and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.